Chambery and the Alps

On Tuesday, 23rd July, we packed up and just had another wander in Milan for a few hours. We visited a small Botanical Garden but as it was hot again we returned to the hotel to be cool till it was time for our train. The train ride was good to Chambery. We wandered around the old town and had dinner. Sadly our room was so hot and noisy so we decided to book elsewhere with air conditioning and hired a car. We set out for the lake to have a look around. Had a delicious lunch in a shady restaurant.I then foolishly decided to feel the water and slipped in! Must have looked funny.....it was so slimy and the worst thing was my bag got wet including my phone! It seems OK now. I am OK too!

The next day we left before 8am and headed to the Alps, the Haute Savoie, about 2 hours away. First we went to the Mont Blanc Tramway but it wasn't running due to technical problems. So we drove to Argentiere, had lunch and then found the cable car, the Telecabine de Plan Joran. It went up to 2143m and was a fun ride with lovely views.

 On our way back we checked the tramway and it was running. So we headed up the mountain at 5pm. It was amazing! The scenery was wonderful especially when a storm rolled in while we were at the highest point!

We didn't get back to our car till about 7,30. The drive home was pretty tough with the rain, dark and the fact that some of the motorways were closed! We got back at 10.30pm!